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the president earlier speaking at fema headquarters and warning this is a slow moving storm. let's right now check in with our meteorologist chad myers and because it's a slow moving storm, that's why we're talking about potential danger of a accumulation of a whole lot of water. >> and the bubbling up of the water called storm surge. so when this -- this little bubble of water will come on to land. so one wave after another, it takes an our hour or two. all the way over even towards the east river and i'm even thinking over towards the -- so you try to sufl all that water into one little spot that gets smaller and smaller up that little river, the water will rise. >> and parts of jersey and maryland. >> and even though wind is not going to be a major part of this, we'll still get winds to 75, maybe 80. that's not a category anything except one, so people are taking it lightly. the reason why the trains are going to stop tonight at 7:00 is because they're afraid power lines, power poles or trees are going to fall on the tracks. you don't want to have a train run into a tree t
the president earlier speaking at fema headquarters and warning this is a slow moving storm. let's right now check in with our meteorologist chad myers and because it's a slow moving storm, that's why we're talking about potential danger of a accumulation of a whole lot of water. >> and the bubbling up of the water called storm surge. so when this -- this little bubble of water will come on to land. so one wave after another, it takes an our hour or two. all the way over even towards the...
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governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the republican primaries and it was in june of 2011, where romney was asked about federal relief. at the time it was about joplin, missouri, just after that was hit in the devastating way by a tornado. romney said he wanted to give the states and even the private sector more power. but he did not propose eliminating fema. listen to what happened. >> fema is about to run out of money and there is some people who say do it on a case by case basis. some people say maybe we're learning a lesson that the states should take on more of this role. >> anytime you have an occasion to take something from the federal governme
governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> what would you do with fema? what is your response? >> hearing all the questions, no answers from mitt romney today on where he stands on the federal government providing disaster relief through fema. so, let's go to washington, dana bash, who joins me to talk about this here. do me a favor, remind us why this has become such an issue for mitt romney. >> well, brooke, this stems from a cnn debate during the...
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so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change. that's incredibly important. it did play a role in this disaster. certainly a major storm. you need to do that. >> all right. >> also how can we build a city that's more resilient so we don't have to worry about this in the future. >> all right. brian, thank you very much. appreciate it. if you want to continue to watch cnn from your smartphone or computer, log to cnn.com. cnn newsroom continues right after this. to help those in nee. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his
so far i think fema has done well. the real issue with that -- within the future, though -- this is not just a one-day, two-day, one-week response. fema will have to be on the job for a long time. the question is whether it has the resources and the ability necessary to make sure it's doing its job. >> brian, if there's one take-away from this article, from this feature, what would it be? what's important to learn from this superstorm? >> i think we need to deal with climate change....
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just moments ago he was at fema headquarters in washington, d.c. talking about the hurricane. let's listen in. >> good afternoon, everybody. obviously all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of hurricane sandy. this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of how to deal with this storm over the coming days. we just had an excellent meeting with the fema team here, the various agencies that are in charge, including the department of defense, department of energy and others that are going to need to respond very quickly. under craig fugate's leadership here at fema, we've had a chance to talk to the region al officials as well, and i had talks with governors of various states as well as other leaders. everyone is confident that the staging process, the pre-positioning of equipment that will be needed to
just moments ago he was at fema headquarters in washington, d.c. talking about the hurricane. let's listen in. >> good afternoon, everybody. obviously all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of hurricane sandy. this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic going north, you need to take this very seriously. follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be...
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we heard from the head of fema, director of fema, craig fugate, who is warning folks that this is not yet over. >> this is not over. we still have more weather to deal with. hopefully people will be able to stay safe until we get to the other side of the storm. [ male announcer ] new unisom natural nights. soothes you to sleep with ingredients like melatonin. it's safe with no side effects, so you wake up... ready to go. [ male announcer ] unisom natural nights. >> crews have fanned out across the northeast and mid-atlantic, trying to restore lex trelectri. storm stretches across a dozen states and the nation's capital. alison kosik tracking power problems and allison, the number seems to grow by the hour. how many people are we talking about who don't have power? >> numbers are getting bigger by the hour. up to 7.5 million customers without power. this includes 15 states that includes -- that's up from 13 because 2 new states in the mix, ohio and south carolina. it's because the storm is so big, the wind covers the 1,000-mile swath. you're seeing other states included. new jersey, th
we heard from the head of fema, director of fema, craig fugate, who is warning folks that this is not yet over. >> this is not over. we still have more weather to deal with. hopefully people will be able to stay safe until we get to the other side of the storm. [ male announcer ] new unisom natural nights. soothes you to sleep with ingredients like melatonin. it's safe with no side effects, so you wake up... ready to go. [ male announcer ] unisom natural nights. >> crews have fanned...
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we have seen fema officials here trying to survey the damage as well. and residents said they came back and found dead fish on their driveway. so this is going to take a long time for this community to pick up the pieces. anderson? >> good to hear that fema officials were there on site. sandra endo, thanks. we're getting news of evacuations in bellevue hospital in new york. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. what have you learned? >> reporter: we have been talking about this for a little bit of time, getting more details about the little bit of time getting more details that bellevue is going through a more complete evacuation. some 700 patients who are being evacuated they say over the next couple of days. what i should point out is we're learning some of the critically ill patients were evacuated earlier, anderson. part of a protocol that they had. but the generators that they thought could be -- should be able to do the task, what they're finding over the last day they've been actually carrying oil up 12 flights of stairs to try and keep that generator
we have seen fema officials here trying to survey the damage as well. and residents said they came back and found dead fish on their driveway. so this is going to take a long time for this community to pick up the pieces. anderson? >> good to hear that fema officials were there on site. sandra endo, thanks. we're getting news of evacuations in bellevue hospital in new york. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. what have you learned? >> reporter: we have been talking about this for a...
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, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll talk to the city's mayor live next. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartrn
, if fema should disappear. governor romney didn't answer their questions. why do you suppose that was? >> because he knows that that is a potential pitfall for his candidacy, very much like his comments on the auto bailout in detroit. it's a no-win swigs for him. that might prove a critical difference come election day. >> thomas whalen, thank you for sharing your insights. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >>> atlantic city was one of the hardest areas hit. we'll...
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the question for you this morning, is fema necessary? fema fever, it's back! everybody has caught it, including new jersey governor, chris christie, who toured the damage along with fema administrator craig fugate and president obama. one man, iowa congressman, steve king, thinks fema has a fever. >> i want to get them the resources that are necessary to lift them out of this water and this sand and the ashes and the death that's over there in the east coast and especially in the northeast. but not one big shot that just opens up the checkbook, because they spent it on gucci bags and massage parlors and everything you can think of in addition to what was necessary. >> congressman king, who is up for re-election, seems to be echoing the sentiments of some of his republican, including senator lynndie graham who said, quote, we can't borrow money every time something goes wropg in america and ron paul who asks, quote, why should people like myself, who not too long ago had a house on a gulf coast, it's expensive, risky and dirngous. why should somebody from the c
the question for you this morning, is fema necessary? fema fever, it's back! everybody has caught it, including new jersey governor, chris christie, who toured the damage along with fema administrator craig fugate and president obama. one man, iowa congressman, steve king, thinks fema has a fever. >> i want to get them the resources that are necessary to lift them out of this water and this sand and the ashes and the death that's over there in the east coast and especially in the...
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and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, rather. let's listen. >> one of the agencies that assists fema in doing the federal response to disasters, new york state is very well-prepared. our assets and our capabilities only come in after the state has exceeded their capabilities, which at this time, again, the state looks very well-prepared to do what needs to be done to ride out the effects of this event. so a couple of things that we'd like to emphasize, as we've talked about the surge a little bit in lower manhattan, that's one of the scenarios we think could be problematic. right now, we see the storm at hurricane irene levels. all of you that are familiar with the hurricane irene effects from last year, this event -- we're already at those levels at this point. if you've driven along in the city in manha
and the president's talking about fema. i'm not a big fan of fema. that could sway their vote. >> we'll see. ron and maria, thanks so much for the discussion this morning. we appreciate it. we're going live to new york city. governor cuomo is having a news conference. this is in albany, rather. let's listen. >> one of the agencies that assists fema in doing the federal response to disasters, new york state is very well-prepared. our assets and our capabilities only come in after the...
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i have total respect for the job that fema is doing. i want to thank them very much as well as the army corps of engineers. as you all know, one of the major problems still is the water in the tunnels, the water has receded, so when you drive around, it looks like most of the water is gone, but the water filled the subway tunnels in many places, fill the brooklyn battery tunnel, and when the water fills the tunnels, that means con-edison has issues. much of con-ed's equipment was in the tunnels, so getting the water out of the tunnels probably the main -- one of the main orders of business right now. first a transportation update. as you know, the new york city buses are at full service today. thank you, mr. joe and your extraordinary team. there will be limited commuter rail service on metro north and on the long island railroad which will begin 2:00 p.m. today. okay? limited commuter rail service on metro north and limited new york city subway service subpoena meanted by a business bridge which bill will give you more will begin tomor
i have total respect for the job that fema is doing. i want to thank them very much as well as the army corps of engineers. as you all know, one of the major problems still is the water in the tunnels, the water has receded, so when you drive around, it looks like most of the water is gone, but the water filled the subway tunnels in many places, fill the brooklyn battery tunnel, and when the water fills the tunnels, that means con-edison has issues. much of con-ed's equipment was in the...
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to start making themselves eligible for the benefits and help fema is going to do. the other problem we have, most concerned of safety of people, people in shelters. that's not the best accommodations. temporary status but there are people in our shelters who are not going to be able to go back to the beach and working diligently to accommodate them. >> michael? >> reporter: won't be back for a long time. yeah, brooke? >> let me pass a question on to the mayor if you don't mind. is he concerned about the lack of gasoline and the advice to people? is he concerned that people can't get it? >> reporter: that's a very good question, brooke. i can tell you we ran in to that problem last night. brooke baldwin is asking you about gasoline and cueing up for it here. >> all in cues. the problem is only gas stations are functioning with power. jersey central power and light company told me today they made route 37 a priority for restoration of power. for that reason to get the gas stations up and running, get the restaurants open so people can go and also to get the traffic l
to start making themselves eligible for the benefits and help fema is going to do. the other problem we have, most concerned of safety of people, people in shelters. that's not the best accommodations. temporary status but there are people in our shelters who are not going to be able to go back to the beach and working diligently to accommodate them. >> michael? >> reporter: won't be back for a long time. yeah, brooke? >> let me pass a question on to the mayor if you don't...
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or d, we utilize the generators that are available to us, and primarily through fema. so i think that we want to ensure the right to vote, all the efforts must be made to make sure the polling places, people can primarily go to the place that they normally go to vote. and that all of our efforts as government leaders, regardless of party, but certainly as mayor of the city of philadelphia, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure all of our polling places are in working, operating order. i don't think we have any at this point that are without power. but i have ever confidence that governor corbett and his team, the secretary of the commonwealth, well make sure that the polling places are operating, either under their own power or with generators. and that is how we should approach it. >> and mayor, i know you have a very busy schedule because you're dealing with this, and with the election, just three days. three days to the election. and i'm just being honest here, of course we want to encourage everybody to vote, let's be realistic. when you saw the woman who l
or d, we utilize the generators that are available to us, and primarily through fema. so i think that we want to ensure the right to vote, all the efforts must be made to make sure the polling places, people can primarily go to the place that they normally go to vote. and that all of our efforts as government leaders, regardless of party, but certainly as mayor of the city of philadelphia, i'm going to do everything i can to make sure all of our polling places are in working, operating order. i...
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he has talked with leaders of fema. he has held some news -- well, not news conferences, but, rather, conference calls with some of his key administration figures to talk about what needs to happen. he has also called a state of emergency in those states along the northeast that are going to be severely impacted by this weather event. alison, i want to ask you very briefly as we wait for the president to step up there to the mike. the importance of the job numbers here because when you talk about the fact that we might not get that on friday, that is a number that a lot of people are going to be looking at and we're going to be look at because of the political impact here to make the case. either the president that has done a good job or -- oh, the president is speaking. let's listen. >> i just received a full briefing from our emergency response teams, including fema and agencies that are going to be helpful in the response and recovery efforts. the department of energy, the department of transportation, the department
he has talked with leaders of fema. he has held some news -- well, not news conferences, but, rather, conference calls with some of his key administration figures to talk about what needs to happen. he has also called a state of emergency in those states along the northeast that are going to be severely impacted by this weather event. alison, i want to ask you very briefly as we wait for the president to step up there to the mike. the importance of the job numbers here because when you talk...
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do you see fema anywhere around? >> carol, i don't see fema, but doi see city bulldozers and other city apparatus, and national guard troops walking down the street, and they may walk in front of me in couple off seconds here. there is relief being driven in, and people are walking around and starting to pick up the pieces. you will see some evidence that there are official entities here to help clean up this neighborhood, and help us to start clean up. you get the sense that people are overwhelmed by the entire thing, and yes, the relief has start t started to come, but they have complained that it is a little bit too late. you will get a bulldozer crossing in front of me in a second, and as soon as he passes here, i will show you -- i will show you this house here that was leveled. this is the home of an elderly couple who lived here. we are told by relatives that the couple got out in front of the storm. they are fine. but their house is pretty much completely destroyed. it looks like a total loss. some of the cou
do you see fema anywhere around? >> carol, i don't see fema, but doi see city bulldozers and other city apparatus, and national guard troops walking down the street, and they may walk in front of me in couple off seconds here. there is relief being driven in, and people are walking around and starting to pick up the pieces. you will see some evidence that there are official entities here to help clean up this neighborhood, and help us to start clean up. you get the sense that people are...
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>> people need to get in touch with fema and find out what is available to them. there might be some sort of disaster aid or loans. >> reporter: another enduring image of sandy, flooded cars. >> you're covered for a lot of natural disasters under the comprehensive portion of your car insurance. so that's going to cover wind damage. it's going to cover flooding. >> reporter: keep notes. find as many receipts as can you. be thorough with the claims adjustor. know damage is too small to mention. keep your patience and perspective. >> a home can always be rebuilt. you know, as long as we have our lives. we're safe. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, new york. >>> and she is giving teen mothers in columbia the chance to take control of their futures. meet one of top ten cnn heroes of 2012 and if you have to leave today, just reminder, cnn can be with you no matter where you go from your mobile phone or even your laptop. just go to cnn.com/tv. [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...
>> people need to get in touch with fema and find out what is available to them. there might be some sort of disaster aid or loans. >> reporter: another enduring image of sandy, flooded cars. >> you're covered for a lot of natural disasters under the comprehensive portion of your car insurance. so that's going to cover wind damage. it's going to cover flooding. >> reporter: keep notes. find as many receipts as can you. be thorough with the claims adjustor. know damage is...
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president obama got a full briefing at fema headquarters today. look at it. >> this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the midatlantic going north, that you need to take this very seriously. >> the president is saying to take it seriously, you should. the severe weather team is in place with reporters all along the shore and ted myers here with me. sandra endo is coming to you in a minute and chad myers coming to you in main. but first we want to update you to the outer banks where george howell is on the bank in kill vi
president obama got a full briefing at fema headquarters today. look at it. >> this is a serious and big storm. and my first message is to all people across the eastern seaboard, the midatlantic going north, that you need to take this very seriously. >> the president is saying to take it seriously, you should. the severe weather team is in place with reporters all along the shore and ted myers here with me. sandra endo is coming to you in a minute and chad myers coming to you in...
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i want to give him kudos on one thing, which is the administrative of fema, craig fugate, is a man who worked here in florida in charge of emergency management services in florida, well-known to floridians, he's now -- he worked under jeb bush in florida as a real pro. i think president obama deserves points for having chosen somebody that is a professional instead of a political crony. but it is very important. it can make or break careers. there are points where politics and hurricanes meet and it can help or they can collide. and they can break careers. we all remember governor blanco in louisiana, what a disaster that was. >> yeah. we remember all of that. so, listen, a republican praising the president, a democrat, it happened here on cnn. lz, let's stick with the ground game here. because we are talking about the imaginary scenarios for after disaster happens. what happens after, can people get to the polls? will the power be out? will there be blockage in the road? all of this. we don't know as it is pretty far to forecast out seven, eight, nine days from now to election day, bu
i want to give him kudos on one thing, which is the administrative of fema, craig fugate, is a man who worked here in florida in charge of emergency management services in florida, well-known to floridians, he's now -- he worked under jeb bush in florida as a real pro. i think president obama deserves points for having chosen somebody that is a professional instead of a political crony. but it is very important. it can make or break careers. there are points where politics and hurricanes meet...
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it's not the same as going to a fema news conference like the president is doing. but romney is trying to do his part. >> cnn's political editor, paul steinhauser, for us live, thank you very much. for more on today's campaigning and how the storm is changing those plans, you can check out cnn.com/politics. we still have our political unit doing all this coverage. you still get your information despite the fact that we're in emergency storm coverage on television. in the meantime, new york city's mayor, michael bloomberg, is briefing the news media right now about evacuations and the preparations as hurricane sandy nears landfall at new york city. by the way with 11-foot storm surge expected, that is critical. let's listen. >> it keeps new york city well within the danger zone of the storm. and it's why as of now, we are under a coastal flood warning from now through 3:00 p.m. on tuesday and a high wind warning through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. this is a massive storm. hurricane force winds extend some 175 miles in every direction of this center. the storm may strengthen
it's not the same as going to a fema news conference like the president is doing. but romney is trying to do his part. >> cnn's political editor, paul steinhauser, for us live, thank you very much. for more on today's campaigning and how the storm is changing those plans, you can check out cnn.com/politics. we still have our political unit doing all this coverage. you still get your information despite the fact that we're in emergency storm coverage on television. in the meantime, new...
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he wanted to eliminate fema. he wanted to eliminate the department of education. >> not true. >> you can't flip-flop as he has done and now in the tragedy of sandy, which i have been through with katrina and rita down on the gulf, you have to know that government has a purpose. i have always said that. it can be constructive. it's an umbrella on a rainy day to take the story at hand with sandy's enormous storm. but governor romney does not want to support government in the way that helps people. and that means eliminating medicare. it means not caring about seniors, not providing for pell grants. you can't flip-flop in the last hours to suggest you would embrace government. we all want government to be efficient, and president obama has been a leader. he has the smallest federal government we have had in decades under president obama. smallest number of employees, but it has been efficient enough to be effective on the east coast, rising to the occasion, to the extent that republican governors have given the pres
he wanted to eliminate fema. he wanted to eliminate the department of education. >> not true. >> you can't flip-flop as he has done and now in the tragedy of sandy, which i have been through with katrina and rita down on the gulf, you have to know that government has a purpose. i have always said that. it can be constructive. it's an umbrella on a rainy day to take the story at hand with sandy's enormous storm. but governor romney does not want to support government in the way that...
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we are also using fema food and water resources. the national guard has deployed soldiers and airmen at the free hold and woodbridge armories for support of state supported shelter facilities if needed. there are a vast number of new jerseyans today without power. in fact, we currently have 2.4 million new jersey households without power. this is, just so you understand the order of magnitude here, this is twice the number of impacted households as hurricane irene. hurricane high ren was irene .2. 1.2 are pse&g. 935,000 from jcp & l. 195,000 from atlantic city electric. and 45,000 from orange and rockland. during hurricane irene restoration took eight days for full restoration. for hurricane sandy full restoration may, in fact, take longer. full damage assessment will not be complete until 24 to 48 hours due to some of the weather delays. they cannot develop a time frame for restoration until damage estimates are under way and obviously these difficult weather conditions are making this more of a challenge. however, the utility comp
we are also using fema food and water resources. the national guard has deployed soldiers and airmen at the free hold and woodbridge armories for support of state supported shelter facilities if needed. there are a vast number of new jerseyans today without power. in fact, we currently have 2.4 million new jersey households without power. this is, just so you understand the order of magnitude here, this is twice the number of impacted households as hurricane irene. hurricane high ren was irene...
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understandable as far as party loyalty goes, but also to understand that you can't just get rid of fema. you know? i mean, you know? there are certain things that romney is talking about that is absurd, you know? >> do you think the president deserves another four years? >> yeah. yeah, i do. i think it's a very difficult situation for everybody, but i think it's going -- it calls for a president who understands that there is a role for the government to play, and we're looking at it right now. you know? and that's the bottom line. i think, you know, as disappointed as we all may have been and what got accomplished these last four years, you know, there's reasons for that, and the opposition has been just not playing by the old political rules of compromise and that has been really unfortunate, so obama is going to have to find a way around that, but the truth of the matter is he is the only one that has the vision of what a government's role is and should be. >> steven, i want to -- we are going to be looking out for you, obviously. your performance is coming up there to help generate f
understandable as far as party loyalty goes, but also to understand that you can't just get rid of fema. you know? i mean, you know? there are certain things that romney is talking about that is absurd, you know? >> do you think the president deserves another four years? >> yeah. yeah, i do. i think it's a very difficult situation for everybody, but i think it's going -- it calls for a president who understands that there is a role for the government to play, and we're looking at it...